James and Jacqui’s Homemade Alice in Wonderland Themed Wedding by Danielle Smith

James and Jacqui’s Homemade Alice in Wonderland Themed Wedding by Danielle Smith

Happy Friday everyone, I hope you have had a good week and that you are now looking forward to the weekend ahead of us! This month is flying by (thank goodness) I can’t believe we have pancake day and valentines day next week, how exciting! We are finishing off the week with this lovely wedding from Danielle Smith. Jacqui and James chose to get married in Essex as that is where Jacqui is from before moving up North. They chose a fun Alice in Wonderland theme for their day and mixed in a colour scheme of blues, greens and turquoise. They set about completing lots of DIY projects which made the day super personal and so special. With an afternoon tea, croquet and the cutest of cakes, this wedding is so much fun. Enjoy!

Jacqui and James were married on 2nd September 2017 at Little Easton Church and The Reid Rooms. ‘I always imagined I would get married back home in Essex as I thought it was important for us to have a connection to the place we get married in. James is from Chesterfield and we live in Manchester so I knew we?d have better chances of good weather down south and a part of me wanted to change my friends perceptions of Essex! Little Easton Church and the area around is just so beautiful. I have lots of childhood memories from there and even though I hadn?t been to The Reid Rooms before our first viewing; the venue had so much genuine charm and they gave us flexibility with suppliers etc to create our perfect day. We had 75 guests and it took 10 months to plan.

How they met

Our friends got talking on a night out on holiday in Ibiza and it wasn?t long before they found out we had both been at the same University for the past 3 years but never met. We chatted and danced that night before me and the girls went back to our hotel. The next day we bumped into each other as it turned out we were all staying at the same hotel! James asked me on a date a few days later. He took me for a walk along Bora Bora beach and then we found some unattended pedalos and after waiting for a while for the owner, decided to ?borrow one?. After an hour at sea listening to Ibiza tunes from the bar nearby we we were met with an angry spanish man who turned out to be the owner of the pedalo. That was 7 years ago.
The proposal

James proposed while we were on a break in Cornwall. We had a lovely candlelit meal in a little castle and went up to the roof to look at the stars. It was quite cold so I started to head back inside, when James called out ?Ooo Jacqui come back, I think I just saw a shooting star!? he then tried to point one out that had never existed, got down on one knee and popped the question. We flew to the Isle of Scilly the next morning and spent the day exploring the island on a golf buggy without telling anyone the news.

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